Where does “航空母艦” come from?
航空母艦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 母艦, from Japanese 母, from Old Japanese はは.
航空母艦 (Japanese): an aircraft carrier
Ancestry of “航空母艦”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 母艦 | a mother ship, a tender; Short for 航空母艦 |
| 2 | Japanese | 母 | mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | はは | — |